Forest Falls -- A mother and daughter who were hiking in the mountains were rescued after falling nearly 40 feet from Big Falls in Forest Falls Wednesday afternoon.

Firefighters received a call from witnesses who had seen the two fall from the top of the falls and landed in one of the pools.

Twelve rescuers from the San Bernardino County Fire Department began to scale the mountain in efforts to bring the two hikers to safety.

Members of the San Bernardino County sheriff's search and rescue teams that live in the area heard the call on the radio and raced to assist the fire department's rescue team.

"The 34-year-old woman and 14-year-old girl sustained non-life threatening injuries in the fall," said fire spokeswoman Tracey Martinez. "Rescuers hiked the two out to a sheriff's rescue helicopter that was waiting to fly the two to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda."